Scott Wood

Scott Woods (born January 25, 1971) is an African-American poet, writer and musician from Columbus, Ohio. He is a slam poet as well as the current and longest-running president of the national non-profit organization, Poetry Slam, Inc., and was the first poet to ever complete a 24-hour poetry feature. He has since repeated this feat seven times, without repeating a single poem. On April 5, 2009, Scott completed his fourth annual 24-hour poetry feature. On March 28, 2010, Scott once again completed his fifth straight 24-hour poetry feature at Kafe Kerouac in Columbus, Ohio. On April 3, 2011, Scott completed 24-hour poetry feature number six at Kafe Kerouac. On April 1, 2012, Scott completed his seventh 24-hour poetry feature. After finishing his last poem, he said it would be his last year of doing the feat.